Choose cheese according to whether it should melt, brown, crumble or be served cold. These recipes pair different varieties with pasta, vegetables, potatoes, breads and fresh salads.
Recipes
The courgettes are thinly sliced and marinated with lemon, olive oil, capers, parmesan, pine nuts and mint. Marinate the courgette slices only briefly and salt on the plate to make them flexible but not watery.
Halved peaches are briefly grilled on the cut surface and warmly prepared with burrata, rucola, pistachios, basil and lemon honey dressing. Use ripe but firm peaches and add burrata on the plate to keep fruit and cheese texture.
Puff pastry is coated with a cream cheese egg cream, covered with young carrots and baked with mustard, honey and herbs golden brown. Let the carrots evaporate before filling and leave a dough edge free so that the tart rises crispy.
Spinach is allowed to fall together with onion and garlic, squeezed dry and rolled with feta, ricotta and egg in strudel or filo pastry. The spinach filling must be dry and cooled; spread the dough layers thinly with butter and place the seam downwards.
Young potatoes are cooked with olive oil in the oven golden brown and served with a cool quark of radishes, yoghurt, chives, spring onions and lemon. Roast potatoes with the cut area downwards and stir the salted radishes quark just before eating so that it does not become watery.
Onion and risotto rice are gradually sautéed in glass and cooked with hot vegetable broth; peas, finely sliced bear's garlic, butter and parmesan complete the rice. Stir in the bear's garlic only after cooking and let the risotto rest short away from the heat so that colour, scent and creamy bite are preserved.
Green asparagus is briefly fried and served with strawberries, rocket, goat cheese, walnuts and lemon-honey dressing. Let asparagus cool and add strawberries and dressing just before eating so that the salad remains fresh.
Rub the form with garlic and butter. Coat and season potatoes like dachshine.
Mix the quark, sugar, eggs, butter, pudding powder, salt and lemon. Place the mixture in a greased springform.
Fry mushrooms vigorously in a wide pan. Add onion and butter and fry translucent.
Orzo is cooked with onion in vegetable broth and then finished creamy with spinach, feta, lemon and herbs. Stir frequently and dose fluid as needed because Orzo gives off starch; add spinach and feta only at the end.
Pastry-cooked noodles are mixed with ham, onion and egg-cream cast and baked under Gouda. Cook noodles two minutes shorter and let the casserole rest so that they do not become soft in the oven and bind the cast.
Red beets and risotto rice cook creamy with onion and hot broth before parmesan, balsamico and thyme round off the rice. Add the broth in portions and dice the beet finely or partly puree the beet so that colour and bite are balanced.
Spätzle are heated with butter and cream, layered with mountain cheese and served with slowly browned onions. Melt cheese at low heat and brown the onions separately so that the Spätzle remains creamy and the topping crunchy.
Fry chicken pieces, with blanched broccoli and cream sauce in the form and cook under Gouda. Blanch broccoli only for a short time and do not fry the chicken completely so that both remain juicy in the oven.
Large potatoes are soft and crispy baked in the oven and served with a cool quark of yoghurt, herbs, garlic and lemon. Stitch potatoes several times and bake directly on the grill grate; let the herb quark rest cold during the process.
Pumpernickel is coated with horseradish fresh cheese and covered with cucumber, smoked salmon, dill and lemon. Dice cucumber dry and place the appetizers just before serving so that the bread remains firm.
Cheese is arranged according to intensity with grapes, nuts, crackers, olives, figsenf and baguette on a large plate. Temperate cheese about thirty minutes before eating, but place fresh and crispy side dishes only shortly before.
Mushroom heads are filled with a mixture of cream cheese, parmesan, garlic, parsley and crumbs and baked in the oven. Clean mushrooms only dry and do not press the filling too hard so that they brown and do not water the mushrooms.
Tortilla chips are briefly baked with beans, corn, jalapeños and cheddar and served with salsa, stew and coriander. A flat layer and separately served moist dips keep the nachos crispy longer.
Cooked lentils are marinated lukewarmly with lemon-honey dressing and later mixed with cucumber, feta, parsley and pomegranate. Cook lentils only bite hard and drain well; take in feta and pomegranate only after cooling.
Pre-cooked potatoes, mushrooms, peppers, corn and cucumbers are placed in raclette pans and baked under cheese. Drain the moist ingredients well and do not fill the pans too high to allow the cheese to brown.
Mountain cheese and Emmentaler are melted in hot white wine and bound with garlic and stirred starch. Stir in cheese at medium heat and do not boil, otherwise the fat can separate from the mass.
Puff pastry is coated with pesto, parmesan and dried tomatoes, rolled up, cooled and baked in slices crispy. A short cooling time stabilizes the roll; a sharp knife prevents the snails from being pressed together when cutting.
Mürbeig is pressed in small forms and baked with sweated leek, egg-sahn cast and Gouda. Let leeks evaporate before filling and do not overfill the moulds, so that the bottom and casts cook cleanly.